Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tryout

2 senses of tryout

Sense 1
trial, trial run, test, tryout -- (trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain")
       => experiment, experimentation -- (the testing of an idea; "it was an experiment in living"; "not all experimentation is done in laboratories")

Sense 2
audition, tryout -- (a test of the suitability of a performer)
       => test, trial, run -- (the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial")